Cornell at Yale Post Game Thread

[jlews]

Thanks for answering! I'm a freshman here, so I dont know how getting tickets to tournament games work. Anybody care to explain?

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]jlews Wrote:

 Thanks for answering! I'm a freshman here, so I dont know how getting tickets to tournament games work. Anybody care to explain?
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Call the arena and order tickets. They won't sell out, though they will have a decent crowd. Same goes for the ECACs in Albany. Except the Frozen Four, which you'd either have to go to eBay, or find someone selling, but that's getting way ahead of ourselves.

Edit: You can also talk to the Cornell ticket office and see if they have official Cornell section tickets for that. They will for Albany, as long as you don't wait too, too long. The regionals might be less likely.

[ben03]

3-1 Denver w/ 10:00 to play in regulation

[sockralex]

I know how much controversy there is regarding discussing player injuries but I thought this would be some important info... Coach Schafer was not healthy tonight despite starting the game he had to leave halfway through the 3rd period.  He was not looking well at all.  Bad Chinese perhaps?  Hopefully he gets healthy by next weekend.

[ben03]

Wisconsin goal @ 12:35 of the third

Wisn - 2
Denver - 3  3rd

[ben03]

Wisconsin goal @ 14:08 of the third

Wisn - 3
Denver - 3  3rd

[ben03]

Wisn - 3
Denver - 3  Final/OT

[Steve M]

He was at the blue line against the boards with a defender on him and hit the side of the net.  UAA's tying goal was great.  The Wisconsin Denver game was exciting as well.  The Dish is worth every penny.

[ugarte]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

 So with most of the OOC excitement over, I have to say, it was nice for our guys to take the night off and still come away with a 5-2 win. It was not a Cornell game at all - we had a ton of great passes, breakaways, etc, but didn't play much slow it down, grind it out, get your opportunities hockey. The game was loose, shaky, open.[/q]I haven't seen enough of this team to know what a typical Cornell game is, but I thought they looked a lot better than you did. This was the best passing I have ever seen from ANY Cornell team in the 12 years I have been watching Cornell hockey. It was a pleasure to watch these guys work the last two nights. For a team that has a reputation for being grinders they have excellent stickhandling skills.

[q]O'Byrne hit from behind and hurt (not seriously luckily) and no call, etc. [/q]That one was right in front of me. I didn't think there should have been a call.

[q]I don't know how Yale got a point from 'Gate last night - either that had an incredible off night tonight, an incredible on night last night, or 'Gate is going downhill.[/q]Yale is certainly a lot better than Princeton. Much better passing, much faster skating, much more hitting. You are right, though, that they were badly outplayed tonight. With the exception of the first three minutes of the third period, Yale couldn't get used to the way Cornell takes away the shooting lanes.

Once again, two plays that didn't result in goals that deserve mention:

McCutcheon threaded a pass behind Modelski that a charging Pegoraro was two inches from redirecting in. Pegoraro did roughly the same thing and Sawada missed it by just as little.

I don't think Modelski made a tough save all night. Anything tough lit the lamp or slid by the outside of the post (Knoepfli early in the 3d, for example).

[Trotsky]

"The 16," after Saturday games:

1. DU*
2. CC
3. BC*
4. Minny
5. Mich*
6. Cornell*
7. Wisco
8. OSU
9. Hahvahd
10. BU
11. NoDak
12. UNH
13. Lowell
14. NMU
----------
CHA Bemidji State*
AH Sacred Heart*

(* leading conference)

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:
I haven't seen enough of this team to know what a typical Cornell game is, but I thought they looked a lot better than you did. This was the best passing I have ever seen from ANY Cornell team in the 12 years I have been watching Cornell hockey. It was a pleasure to watch these guys work the last two nights. For a team that has a reputation for being grinders they have excellent stickhandling skills.

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That one was right in front of me. I didn't think there should have been a call.[/q]
They made some great passes, but I have a hard time believing that Cornell had a brand new offense in a week when they couldn't do that for years. I really think that Yale was just leaving a lot of lanes open. Really bad D makes the offense look good. We've never been able to do that against teams with a solid D.

The fact is we can fairly regularly put home 4, 5, 6, 7 against the worst in the league. But have trouble breaking 2 against the better teams. Luckily our D has gelled enough and McKee has stepped his play up enough where we can be a serious threat that way. A very serious threat to the point of national contender.

They weren't playing their game at all tonight until the last 5 to 7 minutes. Which is fine cause they were taking the openings that Yale gave them, but we were letting Yale skate it and get men in on net much more than we usually do.

Since you admitted you haven't seen much of them, I'll take it easy on you , but that kind of hit is exactly what has been called as 'hitting from behind' all season. Player not looking and the other guy smacks into him. It was a dangerous play, O'Byrne was facing the boards and didn't see him coming. They've cracked down on it and Moulson got suspended for something similar earlier in the year. It wasn't a dirty hit physically (no elbow, etc), except for how it occurred. It was dangerous.

And if we can't agree on that one, then trust me that there was no one remotely touching Sawada when he dove for that puck, and the ref called a penalty anyway.

[Scersk '97]

And, because I'm an obsessive, I've been cranking away at the possibilities for the next few games, using estimates based on the current KRACH.  (Likely to win 9 of 10 with Clarkson, RPI, and Union and 4 of 5 with SLU.)

Just to avoid jinxing I'll say that it never goes according to the numbers and they have to play them on the ice and every game is difficult in the ECAC(HL) and yada yada.

Four wins  ~ 58%
3 Ws, 1 L  ~ 34%
2 Ws, 2 Ls ~ 7 %
1 W, 3 Ls  ~ 1 %
4 Ls       ~ negligible

There seems to be a lot of grousing, like in this thread above, about how this team doesn't break it open against what people assume to be not-so-tough competition, i.e. Vermont, Dartmouth, Brown, Union, Clarkson, and SLU.  In 2003, we smoked a lightweight league.  It was a damn good thing we played such a hellish OOC schedule.  In 2005, we are commonly playing in-league middleweights.  And yet this team still seems to be within a hair's breadth of 2003's success in-league.

On paper, this team looks just as strong as 2003; on the ice, they seem less flashy and need to "grind it out."  I'm reminded of the contrast between those halcyon years of 1996 and 1997.  The 1996 team was flashy where the 1997 version seemed to need to "grind it out" vs. the "weaker" ECAC teams.  Though I loved watching the 1996 team play, and I still think they had a higher upside than 1997, I'll remind everyone which team won their first rounder in the NCAAs.  I'll also remind everyone that the game beyond the semifinal is for the championship.

[calgARI '07]

Boring weekend.  Cornell played well enough to win but certainly not their best.  No big deal.  Not sure if it has been pointed out, but Cornell hasn't allowed an even strength goal in five straight games.  That is unbelievable.  I think if they played Yale and Princeton a hundred times, they would probably win every single one.  They are just so far behind in every area.  McKee looked uncomfortable at times but was generally good when he had to be.  Both powerplay units are looking very good.  Cornell's scoring depth is improving as there are multiple sources in which they can generate offense.  I really love Mike Iggulden and I think he should be the ECACHL Defensive Forward of the year or whatever they call it.  He looks spectacular in every zone.  

[Josh '99]

Frank Murphy is not a good referee.  I honestly would rather have Dan Murphy, I think.

When was the last time Cornell scored two SHGs in one weekend?  The last time we had a single player score two?

[calgARI '07]

Iggulden actually had a couple other short handed scoring chances and Downs had the breakaway the very next shift after Iggulden scored.  Frank Murphy, like almost every other ECACHL referee, has not gotten the memo on the obstruction crackdown.  It is such a joke to me that they had this crackdown and there seems to be more obstruction this year than there has been in the last couple seasons.  Hopefully Kotyra refs in Albany.  He is by far the best.  All three Murphy's suck.